Shell Oil Company Building under construction at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, circa 1935

Item Overview

Title

Shell Oil Company Building under construction at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, circa 1935

Photographer

Owens, Charles H.

Date Created

[circa 1935]

Date

1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of the Shell Oil Company Building, cast in concrete in the shape of a seashell, at the California Pacific International Exposition during the end stages of construction. A ladder is suspended from the top of the shell and a man is suspended on a scaffold near the top on the right. Scaffolding is on the ground in front of the building. Technical writing appears on each shell spandrel about midway up the façade (where there appears to be a join between 2 large cast shell sections), at the bases of the shell spandrels, and around the doorway. A flatbed truck and 2 cars are parked in front and 2 boys are passing on a bicycle.
Charles Hamilton Owens (1881-1958) was an illustrator and landscape painter, and Los Angeles Times staff artist [identified as the photographer in image ark no. 21198/zz002d9x88].
The Shell Oil Company Building was located east of the Botanical Building (standing as of 2014).

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: California, San Diego Exposition

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Shell Oil Company Building (California Pacific International Exposition, 1935-1936, San Diego, Calif.)
California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.)

Location

San Diego (Calif.)

Longitude

32.732477

Latitude

-117.147543

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Mimetic buildings--California--San Diego
Exhibitions--California--San Diego
Exhibition buildings--California--San Diego